Starting applications automaticaly

[Brian Kinsey]

I don't know what script file starts xfce. I start it by typing kdm. Then I
have an option of starting kde or xfce. 

There is no .xinitrc on my computer, but there is a .kderc in my home
directory. I tried adding a line there that had "xbattbar &", but that
didn't work. 

I also noticed that there is an Autostart directory under the .kde directory
in my home directory. Do I need to add a script there? If so, what would
this script look like?

-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Nelson [mailto:dnelson at allantgroup.com] 
Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 8:37 PM
To: Brian Kinsey
Cc: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Starting applications automaticaly

In the last episode (Apr 16), Brian Kinsey said:
> I am using xfce on FreeBSD 5.3. How do I make an application start up
> automatically when xfce starts up? I am trying to learn on a laptop and I
> would like to have xbattbar start up automatically. Right now, I open a
> terminal window and type xhost +, su, xbattbar and then I have to leave
the
> terminal window open. 

Xfce is just a window manager, right?  Run xbattbar in whatever script
file you start xfce from (usually .xinitrc).

-- 
	Dan Nelson
	dnelson at allantgroup.com